The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-08-13
A RELIGIOUS WAR.

= ligiOus wars have been the most
sanguinary, the most unrelenting.
In the name of God, His creatures
have been shot down like dogs,
and parched soil made moist in
receiving blood of men and women
who never harmed their fellows
men and women who came INTO
the world without the asking, and
were sent out without volition or
their part.
Centuries agone, the Roman
Catholic Churcn made it's seat in
Rome, and the Pope assumed not
only spiritual but temporal power.
Finally, as intelligence gained in
power, the Pope was gwen to un-
derstand that while his authority
should be respected as the head of
the Church, he was but as other
men when he stepped beyond the
pale. The Pope gritted his teeth,
but was powerless to enforce his
plans. OF late, he has shown
that in the long interim, he has
not been mapping, bnt in one OF his
late bulls, exhibits stubborness if
not siren 9Th in his hons, averr-
ing, as he does, that temporal as
well as spiritual power is abou
to be accorded him, not only in
Italy, but the world.
Intelligent readers OF foreign !
news must have been impressed
with the fact that poor little Turkey
looms up as an important factor in
a prospective war. Fer years, the
Sultan has been called the "Sick
Man." as though he were helpless,
and in war of Nations, would
not only be driven to the wall, but
ground to powder with but little
effort. Such as so conclude, base
without premises.
1t was stretching credullty much
to insist that the Pope was immac-
ulate. III the presence OF the
fact that those who had worn the ,
sacred ermine had tathered infa-
nous progeny, and worn hands be-
smeared with innocent blood, that
behind visible iniquity stood IN
visible pietY and righteousness, was :
a severe test of severe credulity.
The Pope, as was, or is, or as is
to be, is restless. The old cOdger ,
now on what he calls or estimates ,
his throne, again asserts his au-
thority, and Italy seems to be =.
weakening. lie wants to be re-
cognized as temporal as well as a
spiritual power, to make every q
body kiss his toe at his bidding. t
There are those who consider that /
Turkey Is incapable of confronting a
any warlike power IN a contest for I
supremacy. But such as so con a
clude, count without their host r
Under it's banner and Turkey is k
now unfurling it-numbers will
paralyze all other powers. AS b
Rome is the head OF the Roman K
Catholic power, so Turkey is the
head of the Mahometan world.
We need hardly say that under l.
these conditions Turkey would a
have the full sympathy of the t
whole Mahometan world-that is, I
she would have a population OF c
l22, ,OOO,OO people on her side, 5
it is claimed by some authorities e
that in a contest such as would $
menace her in the settlement of q
the Eastern question that she could t
bring 100000 men to her sup q
port they OF course would not be t
well armed and well trained sol t
diers, but they wonld be an in
tensely tanatical horde marching
under the holy war banner. Their {
missionwould be to kill all Christian
dogs, male and female. In word. ]
to destroy with fire and sword, {
and like Sherman on his march to
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